Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/śilmä

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This Proto-Uralic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Uralic

Noun

*śilmä

  1. eye

Descendants

  • Proto-Samoyedic: *səjmä (see there for further descendants)
  • Ugric:
    • Hungarian: szem
    • Proto-Mansi: *šäm
      • Eastern Mansi: (šäm)
      • Northern Mansi: сам (sam)
      • Southern Mansi: (šäm)
      • Western Mansi: (šäm)
    • Proto-Khanty: *säm (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Permic: *śin (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mari: *šĭńća (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mordvinic: *śeľmə (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Samic: *čëlmē (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Finnic: *silmä (see there for further descendants)

References

  • Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
  • Sammallahti, Pekka (1988) “Historical Phonology of the Uralic Languages”, in Denis, Sinor, editor, The Uralic Languages: Description, History and Foreign Influences, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, pages 478-554